Not the gallery, but an interesting building built around a gas station.We went down to far west 21st Street to the Gagoosian Gallery to see an exhibit of late Picassos. The exhibit was worthwhile, though Picasso was widely panned for the works he produced in his 90's ! It was interesting to see a number of Picasso's works grouped in a large space and to see the slight variations between the pieces that he produced during that period. The broad strokes and interesting colors help to solidify Picasso's standing as the legendary artist that he is. The good thing about exhibits of this nature is that the viewer may wander into one of the nearby galleries. We wandered into the Kravets/Wehby Gallery, a small gallery located at 521 West 21st Street http://www.kravetswehbygallery.com/. We were glad that we went. There was an interesting exhibit by Wendell Gladstone. His work was precise and colorful and consisted in part of carefully sculpted symbols that almost looked like the relief or face of a coin and in part of drops of pain arranged in a fashion so as to create a cohesive image (unlike, for example, Jackson Pollock). The gallery was cozy but large enough to display enough works to demonstrate the quality of the artist.
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